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Religion Quotes by Jonathan Edwards
- There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those that are deceived…
- If the heart be chiefly and directly fixed on God, and the soul engaged to glorify him, some degree of religious affection will be the…
- Who will deny that true religion consists, in a great measure, in vigorous and lively actings of the inclination and will of the soul, or…
- He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
- Truth is the agreement of our ideas with the ideas of God.
- There are two sorts of hypocrites: one that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; many of whom are professed Arminians, in the…
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